There have been several USCGC (United States Coast Guard Cutter) Northland
Northland
The first cutter Northland served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1927-1946. She was designed to replace Cutter Bear, the Revenue Cutter Service's most famous cutter of that era. She was used initially to enforce the laws and save lives in the Alaskan waters of the United States. At the outbreak of hostilities in Europe, she was moved east to patrol the waters off of Greenland. On 1 September, 1944, she captured the crew and seized a German Naval trawler as the first American Naval capture of World War II. Northland went on to sink a submarine and capture or destroy German radio and weather stations around Greenland, earning two Battle Stars.
WMEC-904
The present USCGC Northland is a medium endurance cutter based out of Portsmouth, Virginia, Virginia.
